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The Indypendent

The Indypendent News Hour airs Tuesdays 5–6 p.m. on WBAI-99.5 FM. Check out our archives to listen to past interviews with movement organizers, authors, elected officials and others fighting for justice in New York City and beyond.

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00:13:33

Eric Dirnbach on the State of Labor Organizing in the US

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2025/02/12

We speak with veteran labor organizer Eric Dirnbach. He’s lived the ups and downs of the labor movement since the late 90s about low union membership numbers and how to keep fighting in this Trump (or any) era.

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00:54:32

The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 11 Feb. '24

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2025/02/12

We start out by looking at how the campaign to unionize Starbucks is faring. More than 500 Starbucks stores have unionized since December 2021, but now the movement faces new threats as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Department of Labor.We then speak with veteran labor organizer Eric Dirnbach. He’s lived the ups and downs of the labor movement since the late 90s. In recent years, he’s been active with the Emergency Worker Organizing Committee which formed in the early days of the

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00:54:09

The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 4 Feb. '25

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2025/02/12

In our first segment, we go to Queens College, where yesterday more than 100 faculty and students protested for the right to protest on their campus in the face of an increasingly authoritarian campus administration. And then we check in with The Indy’s Amba Guerguerian. She published a major new piece today looking at how dissent has been systematically crushed at Columbia since last spring’s Gaza solidarity encampment ignited a nationwide anti-genocide campus protest movement. Amba has also been

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00:20:09

Eric Adams Is Absolved For Now

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2025/02/12

We talk about Mayor Eric Adams, who had his federal corruption charges dismissed yesterday by the Department Justice, and take listener call ins.

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00:12:58

Columbia's Crackdown + Protests Around the City

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2025/02/11

We check in with The Indy’s Amba Guerguerian. She published a major new piece today looking at how dissent has been systematically crushed at Columbia since last spring’s Gaza solidarity encampment ignited a nationwide anti-genocide campus protest movement. Amba has also been following protests that have been popping off around the city just over the past 24 hours.

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00:20:24

Goodbye DEI?

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2025/02/11

We speak with Linda Martin Alcoff, a professor of philosophy at CUNY’s Hunter College who has written multiple books that explore the intersection of race, gender and class. We get her thoughts on the early days of the Trump administration and its relentless focus on purging anything it deems to be “DEI” or “woke.”

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00:18:31

Queens College Admin Cracks Down on Protest

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2025/02/11

We go to Queens College, where yesterday more than 100 faculty and students protested for the right to protest on their campus in the face of an increasingly authoritarian campus administration.

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00:14:03

Update on Starbucks Labor Organizing

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2025/02/11

We look at how the campaign to unionize Starbucks is faring. More than 500 Starbucks stores have unionized since December 2021, but now the movement faces new threats as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Department of Labor.

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00:15:14

Nicholas Powers Joins Us On the Air for Listener...

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2025/01/22

We bring on Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers and take call-ins from listeners who share how they feel about the Trump's second presidential term.

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00:16:25

Ravi Ragbir On Winning a Last-Minute Presidential...

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2025/01/22

Ravi Ragbir, a leading advocate for immigrants facing deportation and the co-founder of the New Sanctuary Coalition, won a full presidential pardon from Joe Biden, ending Ragbir’s 16-year quest to avoid being deported to his native Trinidad and Tobago. We speak with him about the pardon and the need for community power.

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00:15:24

NYIC's Murad Awawdeh Responds to Trump's Deportation...

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2025/01/22

In the context of Trump's harsh deportation plans, we speak with Murad Awawdeh, the executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, a broad coalition of many immigrant-rights community groups in New York.

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00:50:52

The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 21 Jan. '25

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2025/01/21

First Segment: Ravi Ragbir, a leading advocate for immigrants facing deportation and the co-founder of the New Sanctuary Coalition, won a full presidential pardon from Joe Biden, ending Ragbir’s 16-year quest to avoid being deported to his native Trinidad and Tobago. We speak with him about the pardon and the need for community power.Second Segment: In the context of Trump's harsh deportation plans, we speak with Murad Awawdeh, the executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, a broad

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00:28:14

Jan 14: Mutual Aid Activists are Mobilizing for Migrants

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2025/01/15

We'll speak with mutual aid activists from the South Bronx Mutual Aid Network and Foodfight Brooklyn about how they are assisting immigrants who are being evicted from their shelters in the middle of the winter as well as preparing for whatever happens after Trump's inauguration.

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00:23:32

Jan 14: Councilmember Alexa Aviles on How City...

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2025/01/15

Donald Trump has vowed to begin mass deportations on Day 1 of his new administration. As the nation's preeminent home to immigrants, how will New York City respond? On today's show, we'll speak with City Councilmember Alexa Aviles, Chair of the Council's Committee on Immigration about the laws and resources the city has in place to protect immigrants as well as her concerns that Mayor Eric Adams may assist Trump's mass deportation project.

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00:59:28

Jan 14: Will NYC Remain a Sanctuary City Under Trump?

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2025/01/15

Donald Trump has vowed to begin mass deportations on Day 1 of his new administration. As the nation's preeminent home to immigrants, how will New York City respond? On today's show, we'll speak with City Councilmember Alexa Aviles, Chair of the Council's Committee on Immigration about the laws and resources the city has in place to protect immigrants as well as her concerns that Mayor Eric Adams may assist Trump's mass deportation project. In the second half of the show, we'll speak with mutual aid

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00:28:42

Dec 10 The Indypendent News Hour: Tenant Advocates...

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2024/12/12

Malika Conner of the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition and a tenant leader from a Community Action for Safe Housing (CASA), an advocacy group in the South Bronx, about the lack of adequate legal counsel for tenants who are being taken to housing court by their landlords.

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00:29:54

Dec 10 The Indypendent News Hour: Family and Radical...

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2024/12/12

John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco will discuss yesterday's Daniel Penny not guilty verdict with Chris Neely, uncle of Jordan Neely, and radical lawyer Eileen Weitzman, both of whom attended the trial and have been closely monitoring its progress.

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00:59:03

Dec 10 The Indypendent News Hour: Daniel Penny Trial...

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2024/12/12

On today's Indypendent News Hour, our hosts John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco will discuss yesterday's Daniel Penny not guilty verdict with Chris Neely, uncle of Jordan Neely, and radical lawyer Eileen Weitzman, both of whom attended the trial and have been closely monitoring its progress. We will also speak with Malika Conner of the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition and a tenant leader from a Community Action for Safe Housing (CASA), an advocacy group in the South Bronx, about the lack of adequate

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00:19:56

Nov. 12, 2024: Ted Hamm on Republican Election Gains...

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2024/11/17

Donald Trump had the highest New York City vote of any Republican presidential candidate since 1988. Indypendent Contributing Editor Ted Hamm talks about where Trump made his gains and what Trump's election might mean for Eric Adams who has embraced Trump's apocalyptic anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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00:54:23

Nov 12, 2024: Post-Election Reflections, Surging...

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2024/11/17

We talk about Trump's growing support in Asian and Latino immigrant communities, heard from the leader of a socialist organization that is seeing a post-election surge in membership and we took calls from WBAI listeners who reacted to the election results.

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